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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Mice Destroy Field Crops.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, October 29, 1910

Pleasant Bay In Cape Breton Reports Great Loss From Rodents. Halifax, Oct. 29.-Pleasant Bay, in the northern part of Cape Breton, is the scene of a great plague of mice. They have invaded the settlement and have destroyed the grain and field crops. As a result of their ravages, not more than seven bushels of […]

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Hog Attacks And Bites Boy.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Wednesday, October 26, 1910

Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 26.-Arthur White, 13 years old, living in Oshtemo township, lies near death as the result of being attacked by a hog. Physicians removed one arm and he has other injuries that may cause his death. The boy was passing through a field when attacked by the hog, and when help reached him […]

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Wolf Kills Fawn In Streets.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Tuesday, October 25, 1910

Driven from Mountains and Killed in Main Street of Silverton, Col. Durango, Col., Oct. 25.-Chased from its haunt in the mountains by a timber wolf, a half grown deer, sought refuge in the business districts of Silverton, a town of 2,000 people, but was killed before a crowd of people, neither animal paying any attention […]

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Prevented Toothache.

Monday, March 25, 2013
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, August 21, 1911

The old Romans Did it by Devouring Two Rats a Month. If it be true that ancient remedies are always the best, it may be of interest to those afflicted with dental troubles to know how the ancient Romans dealt with such ills. The Quirites [citizens of ancient Rome] recognized two types of treatment. The […]

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